Month: December 2015

I can’t stop exploring.

I’ve been going out on hikes ever since I can remember. There’s something awesome about getting out of school, leaving the suburban sprawl, and going on an afternoon stroll.

You push past low-hanging branches, climbing higher and higher (or lower, depending on your destination), you leap from boulder to soft patches of soil, maybe losing your balance and landing clumsily on your hands on the tough surfaces. If you’re lucky, you pass a meadow blossoming with with fragrant wildflowers. You hear some some hurrying and scurrying in the grasses near you– it’s almost always a mouse or squirrel, but on a special day you catch sight of a coyote or a bear.

My favorite time of day, in the city or outside of it, is the brief hour between sunset and twilight. This is a photographer’s happy hour. I always keep my Nikon on me to catch the unpredictable moments nature provides.

There is a wonderful solitude to being along in the hectic natural world. Everything’s whirring about, bees heading to their hives, creeks running endlessly to an unidentifiable source, leaves gently falling. It can almost feel noisy. But for a human with a camera, it’s a time to be at peace and remember all the elements that make your life possible.

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